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Multipart Content-Length includes headers and closing bytes · case 01

Multipart Content-Length includes headers and closing bytes.

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ROOT CAUSE

The multipart-length-includes-framing decision uses return sum(map(len,payloads)).

VERIFIED REPAIR

Apply the bounded decision exactly: return sum(map(len,headers))+sum(map(len,payloads))+len(closing)

Unsuccessful approach: The partial repair uses return sum(map(len,headers))+sum(map(len,payloads)), which still violates the stated contract.

Case contract

Inputs are ASCII strings, with each header already including its separator and each payload already including its trailing framing CRLF. Return total wire length.

Why this case matters

Range responses combine representation identity, conditional requests, framing, and partial-object state.

1 / The failure

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(headers, payloads, closing):
    return sum(map(len,payloads))
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 0', solve( ["h"*N],["p"*N],"end"), 2*N+3)
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 1', solve([],[],"end"), 3)
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 2', solve(["ab","c"],["de","f"],"x"), 7)
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 3', solve([""],[""],""), 0)
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 4', solve(["h"],[""],"x"), 2)
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 5', solve([""],["pp"],"x"), 3)
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)
Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 015Failed
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 103Failed
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 237Failed
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 300Passed
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 402Failed
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 523Failed

SHA-256 / a1cf46171fe5e648f9f5cef5e1347f5259af64dc0d6f75609d2a20683098a3a0

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(headers, payloads, closing):
    return sum(map(len,headers))+sum(map(len,payloads))
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 0', solve( ["h"*N],["p"*N],"end"), 2*N+3)
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 1', solve([],[],"end"), 3)
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 2', solve(["ab","c"],["de","f"],"x"), 7)
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 3', solve([""],[""],""), 0)
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 4', solve(["h"],[""],"x"), 2)
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 5', solve([""],["pp"],"x"), 3)
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)
Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 025Failed
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 103Failed
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 267Failed
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 300Passed
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 412Failed
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 523Failed

SHA-256 / 1dff714a91c72652674125d61b5b15945ef9752916efeeb35d02747830180556

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(headers, payloads, closing):
    return sum(map(len,headers))+sum(map(len,payloads))+len(closing)
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 0', solve( ["h"*N],["p"*N],"end"), 2*N+3)
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 1', solve([],[],"end"), 3)
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 2', solve(["ab","c"],["de","f"],"x"), 7)
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 3', solve([""],[""],""), 0)
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 4', solve(["h"],[""],"x"), 2)
check('multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 5', solve([""],["pp"],"x"), 3)
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)
Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 055Passed
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 133Passed
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 277Passed
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 300Passed
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 422Passed
multipart-length-includes-framing fixture 533Passed

SHA-256 / 8761cfff4c97fd4466b4bb1a06da96f2e8e27b1f3cfdc8b316c27227898d7a37

Verification & scope

Deterministic simplified range service, with stipulated local policies and already parsed trusted inputs; not a complete HTTP implementation. This reproducer isolates one failure mechanism. Results cover the supplied fixtures. Variants within a family share a test contract and should remain grouped when constructing evaluation splits. Related mechanisms with a shared evaluation_group must also remain together; these controlled models are not independent production incidents.

Observations recorded using Python 3.12.14 at 2026-09-29T14:41:16.287556+00:00.

Case digest / f4d7c5267e529ec40adc6a2d48fe1fabd8e5147d72132ebd9ed80a13cc2c0bc2